The difference between Green and Nongreen
When used as adjectives, green means having green as its color, whereas nongreen means not green.
Green is also noun with the meaning: the colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll.
Green is also verb with the meaning: to make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
check bellow for the other definitions of Green and Nongreen
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Green as an adjective:
Having green as its color.
Examples:
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Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):
Sickly, unwell.
Examples:
"Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?"
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Green as an adjective:
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
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Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):
Inexperienced.
Examples:
"John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week."
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Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):
Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
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Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):
Overcome with envy.
Examples:
"He was green with envy."
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Green as an adjective (figurative):
Environmentally friendly.
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Green as an adjective (cricket):
Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
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Green as an adjective (dated):
Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
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Green as an adjective (dated):
Not fully roasted; half raw.
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Green as an adjective:
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
Examples:
"That timber is still too green to be used."
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Green as an adjective (wine):
High or too high in acidity.
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Green as an adjective:
Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
Examples:
"a green manhood; a green wound"
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Green as an adjective (Philippines):
Having a sexual connotation.
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Green as an adjective (particle physics):
Having a color charge of green.
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Green as a noun:
The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
Examples:
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Green as a noun (politics, sometimes capitalised):
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
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Green as a noun (golf):
A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
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Green as a noun (bowls):
The surface upon which bowls is played.
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Green as a noun (snooker):
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
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Green as a noun (British):
a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
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Green as a noun:
A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
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Green as a noun (mostly, in plural):
Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
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Green as a noun:
Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
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Green as a noun (British, slang, uncountable):
marijuana.
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Green as a noun (US, slang, uncountable):
Money.
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Green as a noun (particle physics):
One of the three color charges for quarks.
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Green as a verb (transitive):
To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
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Green as a verb:
To become or grow green in colour.
Examples:
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Green as a verb (transitive):
To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
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Green as a verb (intransitive):
To become environmentally aware.
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Green as a verb (transitive):
To make (something) environmentally friendly.
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Nongreen as an adjective:
Not green.
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
- green vs verdant
- green vs nongreen
- green vs ungreen
- antigreen vs green
- green vs ripe
- green vs raw
- green vs unprocessed
- green vs unsmoked
- green vs processed
- green vs smoked
- green vs spiced
- green vs tart
- cloy vs green
- green vs sweet
- environmentalist vs green
- green vs greenie
- green vs tree hugger
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- green vs putting green
- bowling green vs green
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